Delaware Snow Totals
How much snow fell in Delaware: the latest storm's totals by city and from NWS spotters, and the snowiest Delaware cities so far this winter, updated every morning.
Delaware's latest storm came last season, February 23, 2026, and brought an estimated 15.2 inches at Bridgeville, the most of any Delaware city in NOAA's snowfall analysis; spotters measured up to 19.3 inches at 3 N Long Neck, DE. No Delaware city has had measurable snow so far this winter (since October 1, 2026, through November 7, 2026). Last season (2025–26), Clayton led with an estimated 27.9 inches.
Latest storm: February 23, 2026
Snow totals for the latest storm in Delaware, the 24-hour period ending the morning of February 23, 2026. NOAA estimates are the value at each city's center; spotter reports are what observers measured at one spot, often a storm total.
NOAA estimate by city
| City | Estimated snow |
|---|---|
| Bridgeville | 15.2″ |
| Lewes | 15.0″ |
| Milton | 14.8″ |
| Seaford | 14.7″ |
| Millsboro | 14.5″ |
| Laurel | 13.6″ |
| Georgetown | 13.3″ |
| Dover | 12.8″ |
| Camden | 12.8″ |
| Harrington | 12.5″ |
| Milford | 12.2″ |
| Clayton | 12.1″ |
| Cheswold | 12.0″ |
| Selbyville | 11.6″ |
| Ocean View | 11.4″ |
Measured by spotters (NWS)
| Where | Measured | Reported to |
|---|---|---|
| 3 N Long Neck, DE | 19.3″ | NWS PHI |
| Bethel, DE | 19.3″ | NWS PHI |
| 1 W Seaford, DE | 19.0″ | NWS PHI |
| 4 N Delaware Coastal Ai, DE | 19.0″ | NWS PHI |
| 2 WSW Long Neck, DE | 18.7″ | NWS PHI |
| 1 E Selbyville, DE | 18.5″ | NWS PHI |
| 1 SW Lewes, DE | 18.0″ | NWS PHI |
| 2 SE Milton, DE | 18.0″ | NWS PHI |
| Leipsic, DE | 18.0″ | NWS PHI |
| 1 E Millsboro, DE | 17.0″ | NWS PHI |
| 3 W Bridgeville, DE | 16.5″ | NWS PHI |
| Dover, DE | 16.5″ | NWS PHI |
| Milton, DE | 16.2″ | NWS PHI |
| Harrington, DE | 16.1″ | NWS PHI |
| 3 ESE Bridgeville, DE | 16.0″ | NWS PHI |
Day pages: Feb 23, 2026
Most snow last season in Delaware (2025–26)
No Delaware city has had measurable snow yet this season. Last season's totals, NOAA estimates at each city's center:
| City | 2025–26 total | Biggest day |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | 27.9″ | 12.1″ |
| Cheswold | 27.5″ | 12.0″ |
| Dover | 27.3″ | 12.8″ |
| Smyrna | 26.6″ | 10.3″ |
| Wilmington | 25.6″ | 7.9″ |
| Middletown | 25.6″ | 7.8″ |
| Elsmere | 25.2″ | 7.2″ |
| Camden | 25.0″ | 12.8″ |
| Townsend | 24.9″ | 7.7″ |
| Newark | 24.6″ | 7.4″ |
| New Castle | 23.9″ | 8.1″ |
| Bridgeville | 23.6″ | 15.2″ |
| Harrington | 22.6″ | 12.5″ |
| Seaford | 22.0″ | 14.7″ |
| Milford | 21.9″ | 12.2″ |
| Milton | 21.8″ | 14.8″ |
| Lewes | 21.7″ | 15.0″ |
| Georgetown | 21.1″ | 13.3″ |
| Millsboro | 20.7″ | 14.5″ |
| Laurel | 20.5″ | 13.6″ |
| Ocean View | 16.0″ | 11.4″ |
| Selbyville | 16.0″ | 11.6″ |
Snow days in Delaware since October 2025
Days when NOAA's analysis put an inch or more in at least one Delaware county.
| 24 hours ending | Most in a county | Counties with 1″+ |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2026 | 1.0″ | 1 |
| February 24, 2026 | 1.4″ | 1 |
| February 23, 2026 | 15.8″ | 3 |
| February 16, 2026 | 1.8″ | 1 |
| January 26, 2026 | 5.7″ | 3 |
| January 25, 2026 | 6.7″ | 3 |
| January 19, 2026 | 2.7″ | 2 |
| January 18, 2026 | 1.5″ | 1 |
| December 15, 2025 | 1.4″ | 2 |
| December 14, 2025 | 5.8″ | 2 |
| December 6, 2025 | 1.0″ | 2 |
| December 5, 2025 | 1.0″ | 1 |
All Delaware cities with snow since October 2025
Bridgeville Camden Cheswold Clayton Dover Elsmere Georgetown Harrington Laurel Lewes Middletown Milford Millsboro Milton New Castle Newark Ocean View Seaford Selbyville Smyrna Townsend Wilmington
National standings: snowiest US cities this winter.
Sources
Weather stations: NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network – Daily (GHCN-Daily), daily snowfall (element SNOW) from NCEI's data service. Recent days are preliminary; values NCEI's checks flag are left out. Normals are each station's average snowfall per calendar date over its normals period (1991–2020 for most stations). Estimates: NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC), National Snowfall Analysis, 24-hour totals on a 4-km grid, at the city's Census center point. These are estimated, not measured.
Spotter reports: National Weather Service Local Storm Reports (LSRs): measurements sent to NWS offices by trained storm spotters, CoCoRaHS and co-op observers, NWS staff, the public and others, archived by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University). Reports are what each observer measured at one spot, often a storm total so far, and the NWS doesn't quality-check every one. Exact repeats count once.
These are our own summaries of public NOAA data; NOAA has not reviewed them. Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, NOAA NOHRSC and NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.